The Anglo-Saxon poems of Beowulf, the Travellers Song and the Battle of Finnesburh, Volume 1John Mitchell Kemble William Pickering, 1835 - 263 pages |
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... healdan scolde , 460 beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas , fyrd - searu fús - lícu : hine fyr - wyt bræc mód - ge - hygdum hwæt pa men waron . Gewát him þá tó warode wicge ríd [ an ] ; þegn Hróð - gáres prymmum cwehte 470 mægen - wudu ...
... healdan scolde , 460 beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas , fyrd - searu fús - lícu : hine fyr - wyt bræc mód - ge - hygdum hwæt pa men waron . Gewát him þá tó warode wicge ríd [ an ] ; þegn Hróð - gáres prymmum cwehte 470 mægen - wudu ...
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... Scyldinga : 580 ge - wita ford beran wapen and ge - wadu , ic eów wísige : swylce ic magu - þegnas míne háte wið feónda gehwone flótan eówerne , niw - tyrwydne nacan on sande , árum healdan , 590 opdæt eft BEOWULF . 21.
... Scyldinga : 580 ge - wita ford beran wapen and ge - wadu , ic eów wísige : swylce ic magu - þegnas míne háte wið feónda gehwone flótan eówerne , niw - tyrwydne nacan on sande , árum healdan , 590 opdæt eft BEOWULF . 21.
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John Mitchell Kemble. nacan on sande , árum healdan , 590 opdæt eft byreð ofer lagu - streá [ mas ] leófne mannan wudu wunden - hals [ t ] ó weder - mearce , gód - fremmendra swylcum gifepe bið pone hilde - ræs hál ge - díged . Ge ...
John Mitchell Kemble. nacan on sande , árum healdan , 590 opdæt eft byreð ofer lagu - streá [ mas ] leófne mannan wudu wunden - hals [ t ] ó weder - mearce , gód - fremmendra swylcum gifepe bið pone hilde - ræs hál ge - díged . Ge ...
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... ] ráð - werod wearde healdan . V. Stræt wæs stán - fáh , stíg wísode gumum æt - gædere ; 640 gúð - byrne scán , heard hond - locen ; hring - iren scír song in searwum [ 137 ] þá híe tó sele furðum , in hyra grýre - BEOWULF . 23.
... ] ráð - werod wearde healdan . V. Stræt wæs stán - fáh , stíg wísode gumum æt - gædere ; 640 gúð - byrne scán , heard hond - locen ; hring - iren scír song in searwum [ 137 ] þá híe tó sele furðum , in hyra grýre - BEOWULF . 23.
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... healdan scolde , 460 beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas , fyrd - searu fús - lícu : hine fyr - wyt bræc mód - ge - hygdum hwæt pa men waron . Gewát him þá tó warode wicge ríd [ an ] ; þegn Hróð - gáres prymmum cwehte 470 mægen - wudu ...
... healdan scolde , 460 beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas , fyrd - searu fús - lícu : hine fyr - wyt bræc mód - ge - hygdum hwæt pa men waron . Gewát him þá tó warode wicge ríd [ an ] ; þegn Hróð - gáres prymmum cwehte 470 mægen - wudu ...
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